Fasting Associated with Decrease in Hypothalamic β-Endorphin
- 12 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 210 (4475) , 1271-1272
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6254156
Abstract
In rats that were fasted for 2 to 3 days there was a decline in hypothalamic, but not pituitary, beta-endorphin. There was no change in pituitary or hypothalamic adrenocorticotropin content as a result of fasting. Endogenous opiates may be involved in physiological adaptation to fasting.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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